Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i5-14450HX

Core i7-12700H vs Core i5-14450HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Core i5-14450HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-14450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-14450HX that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14450HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14450HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Core i5-14450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.